Cutting device



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Patented July 21, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFi-ca R. Kearney Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., a corpora tion of Missouri I r 1 Application November 6, 1950, SerialNo. 194,297

This invention relates generally to cutting devices and more specifically to cutting devices of the type employed by linemen for cutting-wires, cables, and the like, in the construction, repair,

and maintenance of electrical distribution sysand in position between the upper portion of tems; the predominant object of the invention theshorter leg 47) of the bracket member 2 and being to provide a cutting device of the type an adjacent, spaced part of the longer leg 4a referred to above having a blade which is capable of said bracket member. The movable blade '8 of being adjusted with respect to a related blade s cu d t th fix d blade 1 y a pa f at s in a unique manner so as to cause the cutting l l and [2, the plate I I being arranged at one edges of said blades to properly perform the cutside of the blade assembly and the plate i2 being ting operation, arranged at the opposite side of the blade assem- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a cutting device bly, there being a thin sheet I3 of material inconstructed and arranged in accordance with terposed between the plate ll and the adjacent this invention, portions of the device being d faces of the e. e plates H a d I2 broken away. are secured to the blades 1 and 8 so as to connect Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary side elevasaid blades together by bolts Ma and Mb which tion .of a portion of the device shown in Fig. 1. 1 extend through-apertures termed t u h the Fig. 3 is a fragmentary edgev elevation taken p e and e d said bolts Ma and it?) pass on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. ing also through apertures formed through the Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation taken on line thin Sh t 13 of material.

4-4 of Fig. 1. The movable blade 8 is supported for pivotal Fig 5 is a section t ke on 1 5 5 of Fig 2 movement by the bolt [4b and at its lower end Fig. 6 is a fragmentary edge elevation of a said movable blade has mounted thereon a memmodified form of th in enti her l5, said member having a base portion l5a Fig. 7 is a fragmentary side elevation of a d Spaced, upwardly eXteIlded legs I5 F 2 portion of the device illustrated inFig. 6. and the base portion o Said member 15 i 3 i a t n taken on l 3 -3 of Fig 7 having laterally projected extensions I50 formed In the drawings, wherein are shown for purthereon. The member '5 is secured to th s? 1OWY poses of illustration, merely, two embodiments portion of the movable blade 8 y a belt IBVW OSe of th inv ti n, A designates th improved tshank portion extends through alined apertures ting device generally in Fig. l. The cutting deformed through the pa d le s of the member vice A includes an elongated handle I in the t5 and t h the blade 8. Disposed between form of a pole said handle having mounted the spaced legs l5b of the member I5 is a bar th t t upper end a b t member 2 H which is supported for pivotal movement with which is provided with a socket portion 2" that 'l'espeet to said member 15 y a p l8 that eX- receives an end portion of the handle -The tends through openings formed through bracket member is secured to the handle 1 by d l s Of Said me b l5 a d t w d means of a pin 3, and extended upwardly from barsll. The bar ll is supp y the pin It? the ocket, portion of the bracket, nember 2 is a 40 relative to the member I5 50 that its lower face bifurcated portion 4. By referring to Fig. 3 it is Spaced p y from the top faces of the will be noted that the leg 4a of the bifurcated se portion .of said member 15 and the extenportion v4 is longer th th leg 41; thereof and sions I50 thereof, .as is shown to good advantage Fig. 2 shows that the longer leg 4a is curved in 2/ s w e e sions I50 of the base laterally while the shorter leg 41) is alined with 45 portien 0f e member 5 e p d d .With

the axis of the handle I. The bracket member ieeleWthrea-ded p i s in which are screw- 2 is provided with a hook-shaped part 5 which threadedly disposed dj g eme ts l9 and 4 is useful in hanging the cutter when same is not the upper ends of these dj t elements in use, and also said bracket member is procontacting With the lower face of the'bar ll.

id d at it opposite id ith trengthening .Pivotally attached to an end portion. of the ribs 6. bar I! through the instrumentality of a pin 2| The improved cutting device of this invention is an arm 22, said arm being supported for oscilincludes a fixed blade 1 and a movable blade latory movement by the previously mentioned 8, said blades being provided with cutting edges "bolt 10. At its opposite end the arm 22- has 1 and 8. The fixed blade 1 is secured at an 5 pivotally attached thereto by means of a bolt 6 Claims. (01. so 177) intermediate portion thereof by means of a bolt 9 to the upper end portion of the longer leg 4a ofthe bracket member 2, and the lower portion of said fixed blade is secured by a bolt lli to 23a the upper end of a link 23, the lower end of said link being pivotally connected by a bolt 23b to a lever structure 24, the lever structure 24 being attached by means of a bolt 25 to a bracket 26 which is secured to the handle I (Fig. l). The lever structure 24 is shaped as is shown to good advantage to Fig. 4, said lever structure comprising a pair of arms 2411 which diverge from their points of attachment to the bracket 26 and which have supported between their outer end portions a hand grip 21.

In the use of the cutting 1 to 5, inclusive, the device is held in position for use by the handle I being grasped by auser of the device. The outer free end portion of .the lever structure 24 is then jerked downwardly so as to bring the cutting edges toward each other device shown in Figs.

and sever the article which is being cut with the aid of the cutting device.

The blade 8 is adjustable relative to the blade- 1 so that th cutting edges 1 and 8 thereof just meet when the arm 22 contacts with the abutment 28 at the limit of the downward stroke of the arm 22. This is essential because if the cutting edges of the blades were permitted to come into sharp contact with each other said cutting edges probably would be damaged. The blade adjustment referred to is accomplished by screw-threadedly adjusting the adjusting elements I9 and 29 in a manner to move the bar |1 about the pin I8 to desired positions of adjustment. The result being that the relationship between the bolt I6 and the pin 2| will be altered and the position of the blade 8 with respect to the blade 1 will be changed.

The cutting device illustrated by Figs. 6, 7, and J 8 is of the two handle type, said cutting device being provided with blades 29 and 39. The blade 29 is pivoted at 3| to a bifurcated extension 32 of a bracket member 32 which is mounted at an end of an elongated handle 33, and the'blade has attached thereto at 34 a fitting 35 which is mounted at an end of a second elongated handle 36. The fitting 35 is provided with spaced portions 35', as is shown in Figs. '1 and 8, between which the lower portion of the blade 30 is disposed, end portions of a pair of links 31 also, being interposed between the spaced portions 35 of the fitting 35 with an end portion of each link 31 disposed between the blade portion and one of said spaced portions 35 of said fitting 35. The lower portion of the blade 30 and end portions of the links 31 are connected to the spaced portion 35' of the fitting 35 by a bolt 38, the oppositev end portions of said links 31 being pivotally connected to a bar 39 by a bolt 40. Abar 39 is pivotally supported between the spaced legs of the. extension 32 of the bracket member 32 by a" pivot element 4| which extends through an opening formed through said bar and is seated at its opposite ends in openin s formed inisai'd spaced le s- The bracket member 32 is provided with an outstanding lug 42 which screwthreadedly supports in an opening formed therein an adjusting element 43, said adjusting element contacting at its upper end with a portion of the lower face of the bar 39 at one side of the pivot element 4|. Also, the bar has formed therethrough at a point located at the opposite side of the pivot element 4| a screwthreaded opening which receives a second adjusting element 44,. said adjusting element contacting at its lower end with the top fac .of the bracket member 32. r I

The blade 29 is supported for pivotal movement with respect to the blade 30 through the instrumentality of a pair of plates 45 which are located 36 is provided with a boss 48 having a screwthreaded opening that receives a shank portion of a bolt 49, said bolt 49 being adjustable inwardly and outwardly relativ to the boss 48 and being locked in positions to which it has been adjusted by a lock nut 50 to provide an abutment with which the bracket member 32 of the handle '33 contacts to limit inward movement of the handle 33.

In the use of the cutting device illustrated by Figs. 6, '1, and 8, the elongated handle 36 is held by the operator and the handle 33 is moved outwardly to open the blades, during such movement the bolt 3| and th bolt 40 moving in the directions indicated by the arrows in, Fig. 7. The opened blades are then applied to'the article to be cut and the handle 33 is moved sharply toward the handle 36 to close the blades and sever the article being cut, the abutment bolt-49 arresting inward'mov'eme'nt of the handle 33 when the bracket member 32 of said handle 33 contacts with said abutment bolt. In use of the structure illustrated by Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the blade 29 may be adjusted so that its cutting edge will just meet the cutting edge of the blade 30 when said cutting edges are brought forcibly together in performing a cutting operation. This adjustment may be obtained by adjusting the adjusting elements 43 and 4 so as to rock the bar 39 about its pivot element 4 I claim:

1. A blade adjusting means for a cutting device comprising a pair of cutting blades provided with cutting edges, means for supporting one of said blades for pivotal movement with respect to the other of said blades, and means for subjecting said pivotally mounted blade to pivotal movement, said blade adjusting means being adapted for adjusting the position of the cutting edge of said pivotally mounted blade with respect to the cutting edge of the other blade in order that the cutting edges of said blades will cooperate properly on performance of a cutting operation, and said blade adjusting means including a pivotally supported bar, and adjusting elements for pivotally altering the position of said bar, said adjusting elements being disposed at opposite sides of the pivot of said bar.

2. A blade adjusting means for a cutting device comprising a pair of cutting blades provided with cutting edges, means for supporting one of said blades for pivotal movement with respect to the other of said blades, and means for subjecting said pivotally mounted blade to pivotal movement, said blade adjusting means being adapted for adjusting the position of the cutting edge of said pivotally mounted blade with respect to the cutting edge of the other blade in order that the cutting edges of said blades will cooperate properly on performance of a cutting operation, and said blade adjusting means including a pivotally supported bar, adjusting elements for pivotally altering the position of said bar, and an arm pivoted to said bar and to a part of said cutting device.

3. A blade adjusting means for a cutting device comprising a pair of cutting blades provided with cutting edges, means for supporting one of said blades for pivotal movement with respect to the other of said blades, and means for subjecting said pivotally mounted blade to pivotal movement, said blade adjusting means being adapted for adjusting the position of the cutting edge of said pivotally mounted blade with respect to the cutting edge of the other blade in order that the cutting edges of said blades will cooperate properly on performance of a cutting operation, and said blade adjusting means including a pivotally supported bar, adjusting elements for pivotally altering the position of said bar, and an arm pivoted to said bar and to a part of said cutting device, said adjusting elements being located at opposite sides of the pivot of said bar.

4. A blade adjusting means for a cutting device comprising a pair of cutting blades provided with cutting edges, means for supporting one of said blades for pivotal movement with respect to the other of said blades, and means for subjecting said pivotally mounted blade to pivotal movement, said blade adjusting means being adapted for adjusting the position of the cutting edge of said pivotally mounted blade with respect to the cutting edge of the other blade in order that the cutting edges of said blades will cooperate properly on performance of a cutting operation, and said blade adjusting means including a structure pivoted to said pivotally supported blade and having a pair of spaced parts, a bar supported between said spaced parts, and adjusting elements for altering the position of said bar.

5. A blade adjusting means for a cutting device comprising a pair of cutting blades provided with cutting edges, means for supporting one of said blades for pivotal movement with respect to the other of said blades, and means for subjecting said pivotally mounted blade to pivotal movement, said blade adjusting means being adapted for adjusting the position of the cutting edge of said pivotally mounted blade with respect to the cutting edge of the other blade in order that the said pivotally mounted blade to pivotal movement, said blade adjusting means being adapted for adjusting the position of the cutting edge of said pivotally mounted blade with respect to the cutting edge of the other blade in order that the cutting edges of said blades will cooperate properly on performance of a cutting operation, and said blade adjusting means including a structure pivoted to said pivotally supported blade and having a pair of spaced parts, a bar pivotally supported between said spaced parts, and adjusting elements for altering the position of said bar, said adjusting elements being disposed at opposite sides of the pivot of said bar.

KENNETH R. RUNDE;

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 127,708 Rhamy June 11, 1872 1,679,022 Caldwell July 31, 1928 1,862,033 Porter June 7, 1932 2,185,673 Luft Jan. 2, 1940 

